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The Lakers and Clippers face off at Staples Center for the preseason finale, tonight, 7:30pm PT.

Laker Nation's Jeff Little eases us into tonight's pre-season match-up between the Lakers and Clippers at Staples Center. Tip-off is at 7:30pm PT.

Happy Mother’s Day! The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in the desperate position of being in of 0-3 hole. The three-peat bid is on life support. The core of the Purple and Gold are in their 30’s and looking old and worn out. These are cold hard facts, but this writer still believes that as bad as it looks this [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers are staring down the gun barrel of a 0-2 series deficit. Many have mentioned their age, mental and physical fatigue, chemistry, and trust issues which are all alarming at this time of the year and causes for concern. These are valid points, but their defense and execution are the true culprits or really the lack thereof. [...]

Game 1 of the series quickly turned into the great giveaway as the Lakers repeatedly took quick shots, did a poor job of controlling the tempo of the game, squandered a 16-point lead, and literally handed a much-needed victory to the Mavericks. An NBA Playoff series doesn’t really begin until the home team loses. Consider the Lakers in a series, [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, used balanced scoring and a major impact from their front line to take a 3-2 series lead. A lot of the talk prior to the game centered on Kobe Bryant’s ankle, one emphatic dunk later all the talk stopped. Kobe, leading by example, made a statement and his teammates got the message. [...]

The Lakers-Hornets series has turned into a three-game series. The Lakers are injured, distracted and tied. This scenario is far from the expected outcome in the first round. One can use several words describing this series; the fact of the matter is ‘completed’ is not one of them. I would also refrain from hitting the Lakers with a ‘lack of [...]

The Hornets stole a game on the Lakers’ home court in Game 1, and on Friday, the Lakers took their home court advantage back by getting down to basics. They got the ball inside and let Andrew Bynum get to work, they played team defense to keep the ball out of Chris Paul’s hands as much as possible, Lamar Odom [...]

In the regular season, one loss to the New Orleans Hornets, even at home, would be considered trivial, inconsequential to the big picture. Unfortunately, it’s the playoffs and, well, the big picture is 16 wins away and the Lakers are still looking to scratch one off the list. No matter how the Lakers try to spin that loss (they don’t [...]

The Lakers went through many ups and downs in the regular season, yet they finished the regular season at (57-25), good enough for the two seed in the Western Conference. The Hornets battled injuries, but still finished (46-35) on the year, to capture the 7th seed. The Lakers ability to score the ball will be one of the big concerns [...]

The (56-25) Los Angeles Lakers are in the State Capital for the last time to face the (24-57) Sacramento Kings. This season finale for both teams has the word strange written all over it. The Lakers have won eight of their last nine against the Kings and four straight in Sacramento. Tonight’s game will be fan appreciation night for the [...]

The (55-24) Los Angeles Lakers are at Staples Center to host the (53-26) Oklahoma City Thunder. Tonight’s game is the third of the three game season series. The Lakers have taken the two previous games. However, this is the first time that Kendrick Perkins will be in the line up for the Thunder Just last week the Lakers, appeared to [...]

The (55-23) Los Angeles Lakers are in Oregon to face the (46-33) Portland Trailblazers. The Lakers have taken three of the four games in the season series. They’re seeking to snap a three-game skid and win tonight and the they would earn their first season sweep The Lakers have won the last two games at the Rose Garden after losing [...]

The (55-22) Los Angeles Lakers are in Oakland to start a two-game road trip in the Bay Area against the (34-44) Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena. The Lakers have lost consecutive games for first time since the All-Star break and both losses weres filled with uncharacteristic mistakes. It was great to see both Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in [...]